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Subject: 
Re: Rolling Blackouts
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lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date: 
Thu, 31 May 2001 12:21:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
> think of one, when I blew a tire on my van on the interstate and had an
> exciting time. No other vehicles involved (well, I think the driver of
> the VW bus I had just passed may have needed a new pair of underwear,
> but I'm sure that had nothing to do with why he stopped to make sure we
> were ok... he probably stopped to clean the chunks of rubber out of his
> grille :-), only damage to the vehicle was actually caused by the tire -
> I managed to maintain a fair amount of control of the van and kept from
> rolling or careening down the embankment.
> 
> Frank
> (now who wanted to ride with me?)

As long as you can't do that with a hotel room, I should be OK.  This year,
maybe I'll drive us out to The Store...

Chris



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  Re: Rolling Blackouts
 
(...) I haven't managed to total any hotel rooms yet (though other members of my college SF club did discover that silly string doesn't just wipe off the walls one time at a convention... fortunately they took the responsibility and didn't pass it (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: Rolling Blackouts
 
(...) Of course I'm the exception to prove the rule... Of the significant accidents I've been in since I've been down here, 2 out of 3 have been on the interstate, though still in commuter traffic. Hmm, trying to think of accidents or accident like (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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